20141310 Ver 2_Staff Comments_20201016

Strickland, Bev
From: Homewood, Sue
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 3:48 PM
To: Bailey, David E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA); Bob Zarzecki
Cc: Pete Goria; Alex Elkan; Patrick Smith; Allan Hill
Subject: RE: [External] RE: Nationwide Permit 39 (After -the -Fact); McConnell Center - Lot 9,
McLeansville, Guilford County; SAW-2018-02038 - WETLANDS MONITORING (S&EC
13795)
The Division concurs.
Sue Homewood
Division of Water Resources, Winston Salem Regional Office
Department of Environmental Quality
336 776 9693 office
336 813 1863 mobile
Sue. [e-mail]
450 W. Hanes Mill Rd, Suite 300
Winston Salem NC 27105
From: Bailey, David E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2020 3:03 PM
To: Bob Zarzecki <[e-mail]>; Homewood, Sue <[e-mail]>
Cc: Pete Goria <[e-mail]>; Alex Elkan <[e-mail]>; Patrick Smith
<[e-mail]>; Allan Hill <[e-mail]>
Subject: [External] RE: Nationwide Permit 39 (After -the -Fact); McConnell Center - Lot 9, McLeansville, Guilford County;
SAW-2018-02038 - WETLANDS MONITORING (S&EC 13795)
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Hi Bob, and thanks for your email. I have itemized the Corps' responses below:
Assumption 1: Yes, limiting the as -built topographic data to the fill removal area and roughly 10 to 15 feet outside of the
limits of the fill removal limits should be fine, as long as that "area roughly 10 to 15 feet outside of the limits of the fill
removal limits" is representative of the natural pond bottom prior to the unpermitted fill.
Assumptions/Actions 2 and 3: The Corps concurs.
Would it be possible for you to provide pictures of the pond bottom where the unpermitted fill has been removed?
Thanks
-Dave Bailey

David E. Bailey, PWS
Regulatory Project Manager
US Army Corps of Engineers
CE-SAW-RG-R
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Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587
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Email: David. [e-mail]
We would appreciate your feedback on how we are performing our duties. Our automated Customer Service Survey is
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Thank you for taking the time to visit this site and complete the survey.
From: Bob Zarzecki <[e-mail]>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2020 9:37 AM
To: Bailey, David E CIV USARMY CESAW (USA) <[e-mail]>; [e-mail]
Cc: Pete Goria <[e-mail]>; Alex Elkan <[e-mail]>; Patrick Smith
<[e-mail]>; Allan Hill <[e-mail]>
Subject: [Non-DoD Source] Nationwide Permit 39 (After -the -Fact); McConnell Center - Lot 9, McLeansville, Guilford
County; SAW-2018-02038 - WETLANDS MONITORING (S&EC 13795)
David & Sue:
On behalf of the permittee, we are providing you a brief update on this project.
The permit approvals for this project included conditions that restoration work (removal of fill from the
approximately 1.58-acre area pond bottom, etc.) was to "be completed within 120 days of receipt of
all necessary federal, state and local approvals/permits".
The DWR approval was dated April 13, 2020 and the USACE approval was dated April 21, 2020. The
permitted work required a modification of the DEMLR erosion and sedimentation control (ESC) plan.
This permit modification approval was received on August 25, 2020 (copy attached).
As of today, the non -permitted fill has been removed from the pond bottom. The fill was removed to
the extent and depth of the original pond bottom which was identified in part by the evidence of
stumps, soil color, and other indicators of a drained pond bottom, along with the estimated elevation
identified within the permit documents.
The next step will be to breach the pond dam and stabilize the entire area (seed and mulch).
The project engineer is coordinating the dam breach with DEMLR staff. Any potential changes to the
breach plan provided in the permit documents will be provided to the USACE and DWR. DEMLR may
be reaching out to DWR to ensure the sequencing of the dam breach is acceptable.
We provide the follow assumptions/actions and ask for your confirmation of them.
1. Regarding the as -built, we understand that the USACE is looking for "...an as -built survey
to ensure that target elevations were met, including comparisons with elevations of

those areas within the pond bottom that were not filled or graded." We are assuming
that the permittee will only need to survey the approximate red boundary shown on the
attached drawing and that they don't need to survey the entire pond bed. This would
include getting topographic data roughly 10 to 15 feet outside of the limits of the fill
removal limits shown on the attached drawing. Please confirm this assumption is
correct.
2. We assume that this as -built survey does not need to extend down to the dam and can
be truncated to only show the area upstream (to the west) of the dashed orange line on
the attached drawing. Please confirm that our understanding is correct.
3. The site contractor has recommended the application of a temporary seed mix
(contractor grass seed blend, e.g., rye, etc.) at the same time that the wetland seed mix
is applied and mulched. This is consistent with other wetland restoration efforts that
S&EC has done in the past to ensure a quick stabilization of the area prior to the
emergence of the wetland species. Please confirm that this is acceptable to the USACE
and DWR.
Please contact me if you have any questions or would like to visit the site.
Sincerely,
BOB ZARZECKI
Wetlands Department Manager/Principal
Soil & Environmental Consultants, PA
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8412 Falls of Neuse Road, Suite 104
Raleigh, NC 27615
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